Dyspeptic retired Marine wife/tech wench attempts to enlighten the great unwashed of the blogosphere while dodging snarky commentary from the local knavery.

July 26, 2012

Evolution

Discuss amongst your ownselves.

Posted by Cassandra at July 26, 2012 12:24 PM

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Well ... in defense of Tenacious D - that's Comedy Rock ... all the other 'artists' after '94 are openly lewd. This isn't to say some acts before '94 weren't lewd (ex: Giving the Dog a Bone by AC/DC) but it seems more prevalent.

You never close your eyes anymore
when I kiss your lips
And there's no tenderness like before
in your fingertips
You're trying hard not to show it
Baby
But baby, baby I know it!
You've lost that lovin' feelin'
Whoa that lovin' feelin'
You've lost that lovin' feeling
Now it's gone
Gone
Gone
(whoa woe-o)

I've read more than once that one of the characteristics of happy marriages is that the parties still have an idealized or rose-colored view of each other (at least to some degree).

Of course on a practical level, that ideal gets eroded somewhat by the stresses and strains of every day life.... like PMS :p What survives (if we're lucky) is a rose colored view of the other person's character or motivations.

That's so important because inevitably one person will do something the other people finds hurtful. Words and actions get misunderstood, or maybe someone just wakes up on the wrong side of the bed and does something confusing/irritating/infuriating.

If you can tell yourself, "OK, he just bit my head off for no apparent reason but I know he loves me and he would not hurt me on purpose so something else must be going on here..maybe he's stressed out about work", things like that are interpreted as exceptions to the general rule. That trust is vitally important b/c it's the people we care most about who have the power to hurt us the most (whether intentionally or unintentionally).

"That Loving Feeling" conveys how heartbreaking it is when the one you love no longer sees you as someone special. That feeling is a powerful incentive to treat the one you love better than everyone else in your life. If it's too badly damaged, there isn't much reason to make the extra effort and things tend to go into a downward spiral.

On a serious note, while it is unquestioningly true that the songs the guy picks out for the late 90s forward would never have been made in the 60s, we'll see how many of them are still remembered in 50 years.

My wretched wooing warbling has always fluctuated somewhere between this and that.

//more grunting, moans and one fellow sniffs back a tear, or maybe a gnat flew up his... never mind.//

Yeah, Neanderthals can be pretty conflicted that way. Luckily I have Walkin' Boss who understands and helps me choose which music CD's to pack and play on trips in the truck. None of which sound like anything in the video after the early 1970's.

//the hun sits down and the circle on Neanderthals grunt and stomp their feet on the floor.//

Now that I've actually gotten to see the video, the comments make sense. I'm a sucker for love songs. I'm kinda a hopeless romantic like that. But I will need to disagree. There were actual romantic songs in the 90's. Not as excellent as the ones in the 70's and 80's (nor as many) of course, but some good ones nonetheless:
1995 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXWD1HjWI8M
1996 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKnz3kAwRu8 (this one was a favorite of the Lovely Bride)
1997 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US-ZgUr3xQY&feature=related

But I'm a fan of the 80's mostly. Cutting Crew, Survivor, Journey... but there's one standout that I've ALWAYS been a sucker for that I wanted to share:

1994 is where it started for sure with out a doubt. During the clitton terriorst acttack up on the American people from the oral office in dc.
Mr. Irving is totally correct in his facts. The standards were diliberty distroyed by clitton and all his butt fucking buddies.
No doubt about it.